Three-quarters of Black Americans say Black churches have helped promote racial equality
Majorities of Black adults say predominantly Black churches have done at least some to help Black Americans.
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Majorities of Black adults say predominantly Black churches have done at least some to help Black Americans.
While teens in the United States take after their parents religiously in many ways, they stand out in some others.
The global Muslim population is more concentrated in Islam’s main population centers than the global Christian population is for Christianity.
Central and Eastern Europeans of different ages are about equally likely to say that Christianity, birthplace and ancestry are important to national identity.
In the EU, Central and Eastern Europeans differ from Western Europeans in their views on certain issues, including religious minorities and gay marriage.
Black adults in the U.S. are more likely than most other Americans to read scripture regularly and to view it as the word of God.
This new analysis creates a typology that cuts across denominations, sorting Americans into seven groups, or “clusters,” based on their religious practices and values, their views about religion in general, and the sources of meaning and fulfillment in their lives. Rich Morin, a senior editor at the Center, explains how the study was put together, and discusses the role of cluster analysis in creating the typology.
Today, there are approximately 260 million Orthodox Christians in the world, accounting for 12% of the global Christian population. Read key takeaways about Orthodox Christians.
While Millennials make up 32% of all U.S. adults, they account for roughly half of American Muslim adults. Read five facts about Muslim Millennials.
Russia is widely viewed by the region’s Orthodox Christians as an important counterweight to Western influences and as a global protector of Orthodox and ethnic Russian populations.
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